May 23, 2013

Adam Bradford (English and Language Arts)

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Adam Bradford is a professor of English at the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University. In addition to his work as a researcher and teacher at the university level, Adam has worked as a middle school English teacher and administrator and has over 15 years of experience teaching, tutoring,  read more…

Alberta Gerschel (French, Organizational Skills)

Alberta is a native French Speaker and has dual citizenship (France and US). She received her MA in French Education at NYU and spent two years studying at the Sorbonne. She has taught elementary through advanced level French and works closely with the American president of the French Cultural Society. Alberta has supported students from  read more…

Aleeza Lubin, Director

Aleeza Lubin

Aleeza is a Director and math specialist with My Learning Springboard, overseeing case management, curriculum design, standardized test preparation, and service-learning.  Her diverse background inspired her to masterfully teach many subjects from anthropology to calculus. She began her teaching career in Toronto, Ontario at the largest private Jewish High School in North America. During her  read more…

Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler (Math, French and Standardized Test Preparation)

Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler

Alexandra has been working as a private tutor for close to fifteen years. Coming from a New York City preparatory school background, she perfectly understands the demands made on students. She began tutoring at a community center while still in high school, teaching elementary students to read. Since then, she loves helping students get ahead,  read more…

Amy Shapiro, Executive Director

Amy Shapiro

Amy Shapiro brings her expertise to My Learning Springboard as an Executive Director and Reading Specialist for families and schools in the New York City, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Rockville, Washington, DC, and Boca Raton areas. Amy is a National Board Certified Teacher with more than 25 years in the field of education as a classroom teacher, school leader,  read more…

Amy Taylor (Elementary Education, ESOL)

Amy Taylor

For as long as she can remember, Amy Taylor has always been passionate about teaching and learning.  She graduated from Hunter College with a double major in Elementary Education and English Language Arts.  She then earned her Master’s degree at St. John’s University specializing in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Currently, Amy teaches  read more…

Andrea Cukier (Spanish, ESL, Visual Arts)

Andrea Cukier

Andrea has been teaching Spanish and English both privately and for corporations since 1991. In addition to being a certified Spanish teacher, she holds a dual Masters degree in Art Education and Fine Arts. For many years she has been working as a visual artist and as a Spanish teacher. Andrea was born and raised  read more…

Andrea Tait (Elementary Education, Special Education, ESOL, FCAT)

Andrea Tait

From the time she was eight years old playing “school” with her Aunt Karen, Andrea has always wanted to be a teacher. She believes that all children are unique and she strives to bring out the joy of learning in each and every student she teaches. She graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor’s  read more…

Andres Cardenas (Chemistry, Physics, Spanish)

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Andres Cardenas was born in Bogota, Colombia and moved to Claremont, California to attend Claremont High School. Andres is a recent Physics Masters graduate from the New York University PhD program which he completed in 3 years. His core research was in Condensed Matter Physics with an emphasis on computational methods. For the past 4  read more…

Andrew Laudel (English Literature and Standardized Test Preparation)

Andrew Laudel

Andrew Laudel is an educator, writer, and artist with experience preparing middle, high school, and college students for success as writers and with standardized testing. Andrew graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in English Literature and Musical Theatre and has worked in New York City for the past four years as both a  read more…